Important Collectors Wristwatches, P...
Geneva, Mandarin Oriental Hotel Du Rhône, Oct 15, 2006
?Chez Leroy, à Constantinople? Breguet, No. 1287. Sold to Leroy, Constantinople, on May 22, 1817, for 1,300 Francs. Very fine and rare, 18K gold quarter-repeating pocket watch with ruby cylinder escapement. Accompanied by a Breguet red morocco fitted box and a certificate dated 1966.
C. Four-body, ?à la Turque?, engine-turned, reeded bezel and border. Gilt metal cuvette. D. White enamel, Islamic numerals, outer minute track, secret signature below 12. Blued steel ?Breguet? hands. M. 18???, frosted gilt, standing barrel, overhanging ruby cylinder escapement, three-arm brass balance, pare-chute on the upper pivot, blued steel flat balance spring, index regulator with bimetallic temperature compensation curb, all-or-nothing repeating with two hammers on two gongs activated by a pull-and-twist piston in the pendant. Dial and cuvette signed. Diam. 53 mm.
Grading System | |
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Grade: AAA |
Excellent |
Case: 3 |
Good |
Movement: 3* |
Good Overhaul recommended, at buyer's expense |
Dial: 3-45-01 |
Good HANDS Original |